Morning Prayer

Halley’s “Bible Handbook:” an overview, in simple terms, is given of Christ’s life. A warrantable handbook for all—for the young people as a starter volume while reading the Bible and, for the older people, to keep the main thing the main thing and not get wonked-down in the details. For Psalm 28, Prof. Calvin comments on God as the “Rock and Refuge.” We would add that the Final David, the author of these Psalms preincarnately, is the perfect Utterer of these Psalms while in His estate of humiliation. His Majesty continues in the estate of exaltation to speak in, by and through this 28th as well as all other Psalms. Zondervan Pictorial Bible: “Isaiah:” deals with the structural element of 13-35. ISBE on “Leviticus:” continues to talk of God’s holiness and justice. For Genesis 22: Prof. Keil comments on Jehovah-Jireh, the God who provides, as the Provider of the ram for sacrifice rather than Isaac. The Angel of the Lord is the Speaker. For Judges 12.1ff., Prof. Keil comments on the inter-tribal conflict between the Ephraimites and Jepthah’s clan. For Isaiah 13, Prof. Henry speaks of Cyrus, predictively, as God’s servant even though Cyrus did not know the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ISBE on Johannine Theology, Prof. I. Howard Marshall notes the predestinarian element in John and then skates off the subject as a Wesleyan scholar. Weak, bro. For Mathew 10.22-42, Prof. Jamieson notes that opposition and conflict will face the missionaries. For Romans 7, Prof. Hodge continues to discuss the conflict of the law of the flesh and law of the mind in the converted, new man. For Acts 2.1ff., Prof. Henry comments on the word “all”—not just the disciples but the Spirit fell on the 120 gathered to await the Pentecostal empowerment. Frederick Copleston’s “History of Philosophy: Greece and Rome (1.1):” comments on Socrates’ intellectual development, going from cosmogonic reflections to see intramural debates between varied Greek schools. He has an apparent skill for 24-hour concentrations on abstractions—called ectasies or raptures. EDT: “Lamb of God”—the sacrificial Lamb, “of God,” a possessive noun. Socinus won’t like that nor will Sharon Baker of PTS as she hustles a repackaged Socinianism. For Systematic Theology (locus 2), Prof. Hodge comments on the “mind” in the teleological argument, distinct from the plant and animal world. For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Reymond holds to the “day” as 24 hours in contrast to Augustine who saw it as “an age.” For Theology Proper (locus 2), Prof. Berkhof summarizes the arguments for the existence of God, noting problems with each.